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but i think the president, president obama has done a good job here trying to develop new counterterrorism arrangements and agreements overseas so that it doesn't get here. >> we did. >> well, this one did and we need to find out how did it get here. and if they were radicalized in chechnya, what groups did it? was it a chechen group, al qaeda group? or did they get radicalized on the internet? was it self-radicalization process? these are important questions to ask. >> i want to read you something congressman king said. he's of course homeland security committee and he told the national review online "police have to be in the community. they have to build up as many sources as they can. and they have to realize the threat is coming from the muslim community and increase surveillance there. we cannot be bound by political correctness. i think we need more police and more surveillance in the community where the threat is coming from." sometimes you wonder if you can keep keep america, america and keep america safe. are they mutually exclusive? >> i think we can keep america, america. but wi
but i think the president, president obama has done a good job here trying to develop new counterterrorism arrangements and agreements overseas so that it doesn't get here. >> we did. >> well, this one did and we need to find out how did it get here. and if they were radicalized in chechnya, what groups did it? was it a chechen group, al qaeda group? or did they get radicalized on the internet? was it self-radicalization process? these are important questions to ask. >> i want...
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people no longer see president obama, only 40% of the people see president obama as able to run the government. is there that kind of lasting damage? that's certainly what senator santorum is talking about. >> there's no evidence of that at all. i think that's right wing talking points against this president who from day one, when they got in there, they've tried to undermine him as a human being. it's not a tactic that's good for the country. so my view -- >> senator it's true that you had, you didn't like this when it first rolled out, right? >> this is not from my point of view an ideal plan, but this is what passed the congress. this is the law. and romney did significant very similar in massachusetts, and it's worked very well. so who am i to say that the supreme court and the congress of the united states is wropgs all the time. i think we need to make this work. mitt romney proved it did work where 98% of all massachusetts citizens have health insurance. i fail to see it has anything to do with the president's competence other than the procurement process, which has been screwed up for
people no longer see president obama, only 40% of the people see president obama as able to run the government. is there that kind of lasting damage? that's certainly what senator santorum is talking about. >> there's no evidence of that at all. i think that's right wing talking points against this president who from day one, when they got in there, they've tried to undermine him as a human being. it's not a tactic that's good for the country. so my view -- >> senator it's true that...
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here in washington, obama -- the obama administration as briefing reporters right now about fixes to the troubled healthcare.gov website. saturday was the administration's self-imposed deadline to resolve most of the site's problems. i want to bring in cnn's joe johns. joe, what's the bottom line here? >> good morning. the bottom line question was whether or not the administration was able to deliver on the promise to get the website functioning for the vast majority of users by november 30th. just now, the administration is releasing a summary. this summary, in fact, the general message is that substantial progress has been made in improving healthcare.gov and getting the system to where it needs to be and that site capacity is stable at its intended level. they say they have lowered response time to about one second and the error rate below 1% and that they've increased capacity to allow 50,000 concurrent users to use the site simultaneously. so essentially they say they've reached their goal. the report concludes dramatic progress has been made on improving healthcare.gov. there i
here in washington, obama -- the obama administration as briefing reporters right now about fixes to the troubled healthcare.gov website. saturday was the administration's self-imposed deadline to resolve most of the site's problems. i want to bring in cnn's joe johns. joe, what's the bottom line here? >> good morning. the bottom line question was whether or not the administration was able to deliver on the promise to get the website functioning for the vast majority of users by november...
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that ad up there had a picture of barack obama and hillary clinton. rand paul going to a republican dinner and making it about hillary clinton's perspective presidential campaign when no one knows if she is planning on running for president, it just makes the point that this really is political. add to that the fact that there isn't anything new that came out in recent days and it feeds the narrative that these guys are trying to pin it on her in order to score political points. >> it's hard to imagine the obama administration is criticizing anyone for being political when this administration has been out on the stump campaigning forever about everything. >> where does it go from here? has it damaged hillary? will it damage hillary clinton, should she decide to run? >> i think that, you know, it's going to be difficult for any democrat. there's sort of a history of a country not giving a presence, -- a president in essence a third term. but yes, i do think this will come back and haunt her again and again. and i disagree. there have been some new deta
that ad up there had a picture of barack obama and hillary clinton. rand paul going to a republican dinner and making it about hillary clinton's perspective presidential campaign when no one knows if she is planning on running for president, it just makes the point that this really is political. add to that the fact that there isn't anything new that came out in recent days and it feeds the narrative that these guys are trying to pin it on her in order to score political points. >> it's...
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>> obama care? >> it's the sequester. you talk to any economist. forgive me actually reading economists. the economists say actually the economy is growing quite healthily. >> president obama had a very rough start to his second term. it's been one scandal after another, even though he considered them phony scandals, when americans died, i don't think there's anything phony about that. he has to focus on the economy. it's gotten better, by it's not good. >> when you watch his speech in gailsberg, there he was talking about a better bargain for the middle class. i love that speech. >> i do want to say that the phony scandals, everybody came away with the impression that he's talking about the irs, benghazi? snooping on the reporters? what are the phony scandals. >> this is the problem for washington. because congress does one thing really well and it is chase scandals. they haven't moved any legislation to help the economy and the president wants us to focus back on what's important. and what's important? wage stagnation, we have got to work on grow
>> obama care? >> it's the sequester. you talk to any economist. forgive me actually reading economists. the economists say actually the economy is growing quite healthily. >> president obama had a very rough start to his second term. it's been one scandal after another, even though he considered them phony scandals, when americans died, i don't think there's anything phony about that. he has to focus on the economy. it's gotten better, by it's not good. >> when you...
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i think that obama really ought to sit down when he can with putin and make the case. here's what this man did -- >> you think he should still go to putin? >> here's what this man did. by his own admission, he came to booz allen -- >> you meant snowden? >> i meant snowden. with the purpose of going in there and taking as much material as he possibly could. he took much more than i could possibly think he could. it's very sensitive data. and then he went and strategically placed it so that it could come out at different times. then he went to two big cyber-intruding powers, china and russia, and left china and went to russia. you've got to ask why did he choose those two? you've got to also ask, do the chinese have all this material? do the russians have it? >> do we know? >> we don't know. >> oh, okay. >> so it's a very serious situation. >> let me move you on to something else. you recently signed a letter urging the president to let janet yellin, who's currently number two at the federal reserve board, take over when bernanke leaves. i want to play you just a little
i think that obama really ought to sit down when he can with putin and make the case. here's what this man did -- >> you think he should still go to putin? >> here's what this man did. by his own admission, he came to booz allen -- >> you meant snowden? >> i meant snowden. with the purpose of going in there and taking as much material as he possibly could. he took much more than i could possibly think he could. it's very sensitive data. and then he went and strategically...
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now you have obama turning the table a bit. he makes fun of himself, but he uses comedy like a comedian, like a weapon, it's very effective. >> other presidents have had some good lines of their own. here's george w. bush at the 2008 correspondents dinner poking fun at then-candidates. >> next year a new president will be standing up here. i have to say i'm kind of surprised we don't have more presidential candidates here tonight, like any. senator mccain's not here. he probably wanted to distance himself from me a little bit. you know, he's not alone. jenna's moving out too. the two democratic candidates aren't here either. senator clinton couldn't get into the building because of sniper fire and senator obama's at church. >> all right. how is that any different than obama, dean? really. >> where did you find that? that ruins my entire thesis of my article. i can't believe you would find that and ruin it. it's true, some presidents and i read about them and i even reagan used a few jokes sometimes about his enemies -- or rival
now you have obama turning the table a bit. he makes fun of himself, but he uses comedy like a comedian, like a weapon, it's very effective. >> other presidents have had some good lines of their own. here's george w. bush at the 2008 correspondents dinner poking fun at then-candidates. >> next year a new president will be standing up here. i have to say i'm kind of surprised we don't have more presidential candidates here tonight, like any. senator mccain's not here. he probably...
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here you see first lady michelle obama. somewhat interesting in her box, i don't see the person there, a young 20-year-old man named alan alaman who is an illegal immigrant from nevada. he is someone the country, he is one of so-called dream act people. he was brought to the country as a child. president has ordered that there be no deportation of any of those people who were brought to the country as illegal immigrants, as children who are either in school or in the u.s. military. i was saying before, gabrielle giffords is going to be there. a big and ted nugent who got in trouble when he said he would be in dead or jail if obama were re-elected, secret service was not amused by that. >> that earned him a meeting with the secret service was business like but one that ted nugent was looking forward to and the first ladies, parents of 15-year-old. she was shot and killed in chicago days after having performed in the inaugural parade in washington. the president has noted the focus on dealing with gun violence is being very m
here you see first lady michelle obama. somewhat interesting in her box, i don't see the person there, a young 20-year-old man named alan alaman who is an illegal immigrant from nevada. he is someone the country, he is one of so-called dream act people. he was brought to the country as a child. president has ordered that there be no deportation of any of those people who were brought to the country as illegal immigrants, as children who are either in school or in the u.s. military. i was saying...
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obamacare and obama, president obama and democrat solutions are very unpopular. so there's a political reason why they are making this case. and i think they also believe that the republican party, in order to find leverage to really get the reforms that we need to get government to work smarter and more efficient. they have to press? in order to gain that leverage. john boehner looks at that and he understands. >> this is pressing it and then there's going over the cliff with it. >> i think john boehner is taking two aapproaches. you can tell people that this is not going to work, or he can demonstrate that the voice of these republicans and these conservatives has to be heard. we send it over to the senate and we see what happens. >> it's a broken record now. you're not going to defund. it's a political impossibility. >> 16% to 17% of liberal democrats oppose obamacare because it doesn't have the public option. this is the republican plan from 1993-19 # 1993-1994, signed by a democratic president. >> we're going to move on to a different subject. when we return
obamacare and obama, president obama and democrat solutions are very unpopular. so there's a political reason why they are making this case. and i think they also believe that the republican party, in order to find leverage to really get the reforms that we need to get government to work smarter and more efficient. they have to press? in order to gain that leverage. john boehner looks at that and he understands. >> this is pressing it and then there's going over the cliff with it....
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people don't care about obama care. 40% do. the marketplace rejected obama care. more than 60 persons of the american people are on self-insured programs. it's a nonworkable program. the house has its point of view, the senate has it points of view. the president forgot about his legacy and became a leader, he would say all right, let's come up with a compromise. it's all or nothing for the senate and american people want two things. they want to defund obama care and they don't want government to shut down. >> first off, if can you go out and find me a bunch of americans who sit around their table saying let's defund obama care, that's a family i want to meet. this is a washington creation. it's not that much different than the past where republicans had their message. democrats have theirs. the problem here for the republicans is they're pursuing the exact wrong tactics. they don't thank the government every day because the road is built. when you tell troops they're not going to not get paid. government is essential to their daily lives. >> i have a different t
people don't care about obama care. 40% do. the marketplace rejected obama care. more than 60 persons of the american people are on self-insured programs. it's a nonworkable program. the house has its point of view, the senate has it points of view. the president forgot about his legacy and became a leader, he would say all right, let's come up with a compromise. it's all or nothing for the senate and american people want two things. they want to defund obama care and they don't want government...
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obama care online. signup starts tuesday. a conversation with two doctors who know a thing or two about politics. senator john verasso and howard dean. and -- >> just now i spoke on the phone with the president of iran. >> it's been more than 30 years between calls. our power house political panel weighs in on whether a short chat between the u.s. and iran can lead to a new dynamic in the middle east. this is "state of the union." unless a deal is reached by tomorrow night, the government will shut down. early this morning the house passed legislation that would delay obama care for a year and repeal the medical device tax. they will reject the bill and to undercore the resistance, the white house issued a veto threat. dana bash is with us now. dana? where does this leave us? >> it leaves us at absolute genuine stalemate. there are no negotiations, no bipartisan discussions going on of any kind or even plan to try to get them back from the brink. now senate democrats are so determined to make their point that they believe hou
obama care online. signup starts tuesday. a conversation with two doctors who know a thing or two about politics. senator john verasso and howard dean. and -- >> just now i spoke on the phone with the president of iran. >> it's been more than 30 years between calls. our power house political panel weighs in on whether a short chat between the u.s. and iran can lead to a new dynamic in the middle east. this is "state of the union." unless a deal is reached by tomorrow...
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we had an election in which president obama was re-elected over the central question of obama care. and the republicans won't let it go. enough already. let's move on. >> how about the medical device tax, which a lot of democrats don't like the tax on medical devices. they would like it repealed. how about -- and the idea that, no, we're not going to delay obama care but how about -- >> how about we don't shut the government down? as president obama has said -- so many of us have said, the implementation of anything, such as the affordable care act, will not be smooth. let's work together to iron out the kinks as they come out. let's not allow extremists in the republican party to hold our economy hostage and stall what is already a fragile recovery and prevent people from affordable health care. that's not negotiations, that's hostage taker. >> let's say speaker boehner says fine, i'll put a clean cr on the floor. he may lose more than half his caucus. are there enough republicans, quickly if, you can tell me -- enough democrats, i'm sorry, to fill in that gap? >> we'll pass a clea
we had an election in which president obama was re-elected over the central question of obama care. and the republicans won't let it go. enough already. let's move on. >> how about the medical device tax, which a lot of democrats don't like the tax on medical devices. they would like it repealed. how about -- and the idea that, no, we're not going to delay obama care but how about -- >> how about we don't shut the government down? as president obama has said -- so many of us have...
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. >>> here in washington, president obama and his family attended church today. they went to services near the white house. the president wished everyone he saw a happy easter. we are expecting that news conference about the murders in texas within the next couple of hours and again we will bring it to you live when it happens. >>> when we return, the men who pray for our nation's leaders. >> these are patriots. these are people who seriously desire the best for this nation. >> democrats and republicans thank me for that prayer. neezin] she may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec®. powerful allergy relief for adults and kids six years and older. zyrtec®. love the air. and kids six years and older. [ dog ] we found it together.upbeat ] on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. yeah, we found that wonderful thing. and you smiled. and threw it. and i decided i would never, ever leave it anywhere. because that wonderful, bouncy, roll-around thing... had made you play. and that... had made you smile. [ announcer ] beneful. play. it's good for you. there's a reason
. >>> here in washington, president obama and his family attended church today. they went to services near the white house. the president wished everyone he saw a happy easter. we are expecting that news conference about the murders in texas within the next couple of hours and again we will bring it to you live when it happens. >>> when we return, the men who pray for our nation's leaders. >> these are patriots. these are people who seriously desire the best for this...
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but president obama believes it's the cause of our problems. that the economic down turn happened because our government didn't tax enough, spend enough, or control enough. and, therefore, as you heard tonight, his solution to virtually every problem we face is for washington to tax more, borrow more, and spend more, this idea that our problems are caused by a government that was too small is just not true. in fact, the major cause of our recent down turn was the housing down turn created by reckless government policies, and the idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hard-working middle class taxpayers, that's an old idea that's failed every time it's been tried. more government isn't going to help you get ahead,ith goi it's to hold you back. more government won't create more opportunities, it will limit them. more government isn't going to inspire new ideas, new businesses and new private-sector jobs. it's going to create uncertainty, because more government breeds complicated rules and laws that small busine
but president obama believes it's the cause of our problems. that the economic down turn happened because our government didn't tax enough, spend enough, or control enough. and, therefore, as you heard tonight, his solution to virtually every problem we face is for washington to tax more, borrow more, and spend more, this idea that our problems are caused by a government that was too small is just not true. in fact, the major cause of our recent down turn was the housing down turn created by...
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when he was senator obama and running for president. i watched him through the jeremiah wright mess when he stuff with him. have seen some things that were overtly about race in his administration. this was a different guy. >> this was the most explicit commentary he's ever made. i listened very intently to his comments about trayvon martin after his death in 2012. they were cautious. but this was wide open. talking about race. talking about opportunities. talking about his own plight being someone walking into an elevator, being fearful -- women were fearful of him. so i think it was a very candid address and i hope it starts a discussion among all of us about race. >> because this has not been what he has wanted to be about. he's always been as you say very cautious, but also really reluctant to, you know, be the african american president. he is african american, but that was sort of incidental to his presidency in some ways. this was kind of a full on embrace in some days of here's who i am as a person. why do you think he did it no
when he was senator obama and running for president. i watched him through the jeremiah wright mess when he stuff with him. have seen some things that were overtly about race in his administration. this was a different guy. >> this was the most explicit commentary he's ever made. i listened very intently to his comments about trayvon martin after his death in 2012. they were cautious. but this was wide open. talking about race. talking about opportunities. talking about his own plight...
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so president obama's like the other presidents. he gets that fifth year itch and clearly he's resilient. i think he has an agenda going forward, immigration, making sure the implementation of health care, the improving economy, making sure that all americans can feel the rebound in the economy. i wouldn't call him out. it was a rocky year. the remember site glitches. but this president will come back. >> there were other things as well. >> it was not a great yaer if you compare the year and what actually got done to this sweeping agenda he laid out in his inaugural address, it's really hard not to notice how little happened. now we could argue about who is responsible for all of that. but, you know, if you look back at other presidents in their fifth year or first year of their first term, george bush, for example, had terrible approval numbers and didn't bounce back. there really is a historical president dent for a president with these numbers bouncing back and recovering. he's going to need something pretty significant to get th
so president obama's like the other presidents. he gets that fifth year itch and clearly he's resilient. i think he has an agenda going forward, immigration, making sure the implementation of health care, the improving economy, making sure that all americans can feel the rebound in the economy. i wouldn't call him out. it was a rocky year. the remember site glitches. but this president will come back. >> there were other things as well. >> it was not a great yaer if you compare the...
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the future for obama care and harry reid's senate leadership. and -- >> we actually have more in common that we can work together on than maybe we previously thought. >> they're younger than most members of congress and impatient. aaron shot and democrat, the future caucus looking to shake up business as usual. plus, the authors of this town collision 2012. double down and breakout talk to us about washington politics and look into their crystal balls. then a bonus section, a prominent critic of russian president putin is pardoned by putin and now sits down with an exclusive with our reporter. this is "state of the union." good morning. three dozen americans working for the united nations are trapped in the troubled south sudan. evacuation efforts failed saturday when gunmen fired on three u.s. military aircraft and wounded four service members. we have new developments in the last few minutes. i want to bring in cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara star. we should say, barbara, as far as we know those four service people with in stable conditio
the future for obama care and harry reid's senate leadership. and -- >> we actually have more in common that we can work together on than maybe we previously thought. >> they're younger than most members of congress and impatient. aaron shot and democrat, the future caucus looking to shake up business as usual. plus, the authors of this town collision 2012. double down and breakout talk to us about washington politics and look into their crystal balls. then a bonus section, a...
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." >>> president obama will make the trek to capitol hill later this week. he'll speak to both republican and democratic members of congress. it's a new tact that the president is taking apparently trying to woo rather than blame members of the legislative branch. will it work? earlier i spoke with house minority leader nancy pelosi about the president's outreach. >> a lot of talk about the president reaching out to republicans. do you think that this in any way undercuts leadership? >> no. >> yours? >> no, no. absolutely not. the president has always been very respectful of the views of the republicans and the congress. their leadership and their membership. he has always tried to accommodate them. this idea that, but for that we would have gotten all these other things done is just really not reality. >> sound like you don't think these meetings will work. >> i think the meetings are a good idea because you understand each other better and you may get a measure of courage. around here, it's all about courage. who is going to really vote what they believe.
." >>> president obama will make the trek to capitol hill later this week. he'll speak to both republican and democratic members of congress. it's a new tact that the president is taking apparently trying to woo rather than blame members of the legislative branch. will it work? earlier i spoke with house minority leader nancy pelosi about the president's outreach. >> a lot of talk about the president reaching out to republicans. do you think that this in any way undercuts...
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president obama has just issued an emergency declaration for the state of connecticut. the entire northeast is beginning dig out from up to three feet of snow. at least nine deaths are blamed on a storm that pounded the region this weekend. power crews working to restore electricity to 400,000 resident. all major airports are starting to resume flights after more than 5,000 were canceled because of the blizzard. >>> the los angeles police chief says he is reopening an investigation into the termination of former officer christopher dorner. dorner is still at large, suspected in the killings of three people. the search for him has focused on the san berardino mountains after his pickup was found burning there. in a manifesto, he declared war on the lapd and their families after a firing. >>> and this just in. a report is disputing allegations that he covered up child sex abuse by jerry sandusky. the report, released this hour, calls the findings of an earlier investigation conducted on balance of penn state "factually wrong, speculative and fundamentally wrong." joe pate
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when it comes to obama care specifically, obama care did not have anything to do with tuesday's outcome. you have -- >> you don't think it made the election closer? >> no, i really don't. if you look at the results a year ago and the results of now, they're about the same. >> if you look at 2014, if you look at this through the prism of 2014, you don't think that obama care will weigh level on democratic elections? >> since americans have been feeling the benefits since 2010, where -- on january 1, if you have a preexisting condition, like i do as you know, as a breast cancer survivor, the peace of mind that those americans are going to have knowing they could never be dropped or denied coverage for that preexisting condition, the preventative care without a co-payment or deductible, those are benefits that americans have already been feeling and will increase to feel as obama care is actually implemented. i feel that -- >> how many floridians have left their health care insurance in the private market? >> the situation that floridians or any person who's gotten a transition letter from
when it comes to obama care specifically, obama care did not have anything to do with tuesday's outcome. you have -- >> you don't think it made the election closer? >> no, i really don't. if you look at the results a year ago and the results of now, they're about the same. >> if you look at 2014, if you look at this through the prism of 2014, you don't think that obama care will weigh level on democratic elections? >> since americans have been feeling the benefits since...
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has the president -- has president obama been smart about not getting into this? we've heard from the secretary of state. we've heard from the secretary of defense. and certainly we've sent assets over the pacific. but we haven't heard from the president. why is that? >> well, the president i think is playing the right hand. and that is we've deployed a couple of aegis class destroyers with missile defense capabilities. we have ongoing military-to-military exercises with south korea. we've scrambled some long-range bombers, b-2s and b-52s. so militarily we are at a level of preparedness with south korea that is very, very good. of course north korea hates that. and beyond that the talk within the six-party context which has been an ongoing effort in the region including north korea, south korea, china, russia, japan and the united states, north korea knows exactly where to go if they want to give up their nuclear program. they know exactly where the seat is where they can sit down and begin talking about a pathway forward. so, again, i go back to the political nee
has the president -- has president obama been smart about not getting into this? we've heard from the secretary of state. we've heard from the secretary of defense. and certainly we've sent assets over the pacific. but we haven't heard from the president. why is that? >> well, the president i think is playing the right hand. and that is we've deployed a couple of aegis class destroyers with missile defense capabilities. we have ongoing military-to-military exercises with south korea....
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. >>> trayvon martin, george zimmerman, and barack obama. today, black, brown, and white in america. the conversation on the street. >> perfecting the union with our power panel. including one-time member of the black panthers and the turbulent '60s, illinois congressman bobby rush, and cnn's "crossfire" host newt gingrich. >>> plus, profiling, a matter of law or a matter of the heart? congressional black caucus member javier becera and congressional black caucus member join us. >>> then race relations five years after john mccain conceded victory to barack obama. >> we both recognize that, though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation's reputation, the memory of them still had the power to wound. >> our exclusive with senator john mccain with his take on race in the obama era and his showdown over syria with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> since the not guilty verdict a week ago, the i shassue of ra justice, and guns have dominated the
. >>> trayvon martin, george zimmerman, and barack obama. today, black, brown, and white in america. the conversation on the street. >> perfecting the union with our power panel. including one-time member of the black panthers and the turbulent '60s, illinois congressman bobby rush, and cnn's "crossfire" host newt gingrich. >>> plus, profiling, a matter of law or a matter of the heart? congressional black caucus member javier becera and congressional black...
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and he took a look back at the mccain/obama race. here's what he had to say. >> barack obama knows, i know, had the economy not collapsed around your ears literally as things were moving, you at least would have, i think, you probably would have won. but it would have been incredibly, incredibly, incredibly closer. you inherited a difficult time, you inherited a difficult circumstance. >> so who agrees with the vice president? this was just kind of interesting because politics moves. and no longer does the president find himself able to say this was george bush's fault. i inherited this. he's in a second term. we're looking at, boy, john, if the economy hadn't been so bad, you might have won. first of all, do you agree with biden? >> well, he's my vice president. >> okay. >> let me -- >> put that down as a no over here. >> i think what we saw this week was an incredible celebration of free speech. you know, when you look at the peaceful transition of power, you look at what happened at the bush library, where they came together to ce
and he took a look back at the mccain/obama race. here's what he had to say. >> barack obama knows, i know, had the economy not collapsed around your ears literally as things were moving, you at least would have, i think, you probably would have won. but it would have been incredibly, incredibly, incredibly closer. you inherited a difficult time, you inherited a difficult circumstance. >> so who agrees with the vice president? this was just kind of interesting because politics...
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. >> at the memorial service for nelson mandela between president obama and raul castro of cuba. you likened this between the hand shake between neville chamberlayne and adolf hitler. do you regret that statement? >> oh, i think it was a gross exaggeration, but have no doubt that that is a great propaganda value for the cuban government which is oppressive, repressive, continues to jail dissidents and continues to be one of the -- easily the most oppressive government in our hemisphere, i don't think you should shake hands with someone who continues to violate his own country's human rights. it happened and it is what it is. and i'm sure that mr. castro appreciated it. >> to liken the president to neville chamberlayne, did you think in retrospect it was over the top? >> i'm sure it was an exaggeration, candy, if you want me to plead guilty here on cnn, guilty. >> are you going to vote for the compromise budget bill? and whether yes or no, do you ultimately think it will pass the senate? >> i hope it will pass the senate. i don't do anything, not anything, but we must not shut dow
. >> at the memorial service for nelson mandela between president obama and raul castro of cuba. you likened this between the hand shake between neville chamberlayne and adolf hitler. do you regret that statement? >> oh, i think it was a gross exaggeration, but have no doubt that that is a great propaganda value for the cuban government which is oppressive, repressive, continues to jail dissidents and continues to be one of the -- easily the most oppressive government in our...
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, we saw harry reid be critical of president obama. you lost harry reid, there goes the alamo. >> they haven't lost harry reid. sometimes i think it helps the president if he's got, you know -- democrats don't want to be on the side of the irs. >> maybe you're right. maybe criticism from harry reid does help. that could be constructive for anybody. >> jessica, i'm going to stop talking too much. i haven't gone to church, i haven't been praising the lord yet, that's why i'm talking so much. the truth is democrats are outraged by the irs, democrats were targeted not just conservative republican tea party, one-third of them, but many feel something happened and want to find out what happened. >> i want to ask you quickly about one poll number. this was the justice department collecting phone records of the associated press, what used to be the wire service, now it does everything everybody else does. and the question was, is it acceptable for the justice department to do this? 43% said yes, 52% said, no, it's not acceptable. i would love
, we saw harry reid be critical of president obama. you lost harry reid, there goes the alamo. >> they haven't lost harry reid. sometimes i think it helps the president if he's got, you know -- democrats don't want to be on the side of the irs. >> maybe you're right. maybe criticism from harry reid does help. that could be constructive for anybody. >> jessica, i'm going to stop talking too much. i haven't gone to church, i haven't been praising the lord yet, that's why i'm...
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anita dunn, former white house communications director for president obama. and our cnn political commentators. let me just extrapolate what we just heard from congressman israel, and that is that the election next year, barring some big deal breakthrough and the economy goes booming is the economy would be much better if republicans weren't standing in our way, yes? >> i think that's what the congressman would love to have, but if you go out there and ask in america, do you think congress is so unpopular because they've not done enough or they've done too much? it's too much. they've put the country in tremendous debt. that was a consensus. retirement plans, social security are all bankrupt. medicare. all these things. so we actually want washington to do more. washington isn't spending and taxing enough. if that's the democratic message, it's not going to work. >> i think their message is you're standing in the way of obamacare, you're standing in the way of more jobs. >> that's what they'd like it to be, but there is another side. >> and i'm sure it is. i'
anita dunn, former white house communications director for president obama. and our cnn political commentators. let me just extrapolate what we just heard from congressman israel, and that is that the election next year, barring some big deal breakthrough and the economy goes booming is the economy would be much better if republicans weren't standing in our way, yes? >> i think that's what the congressman would love to have, but if you go out there and ask in america, do you think...
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it involved minimal engagement from president obama. it was congress actually taking legislation into their own hands, as they well should, and i hope they continue to do that in 2014. i am optimistic. i do think we're going to see the house move something on immigration reform. if we haven't seen it by early summer, i will then be pessimistic and drinking heavily, but until then, i'm remaining optimistic. >> look, 23 initiatives on guns, okay? the president has tried to lead on that issue. the fact that congress won't move unless the nra says move, that's up to congress and the leadership. but, look, this president led on immigration. he's leading on raising the minimum wage. you know what? it may not happen on capitol hill, but all throughout this country, states are taking up the initiative. >> yeah, absolutely. >> and taking on some of the issues. >> california set the minimum wage, and i think the democrats will campaign on the minimum wage, and it will be a defining issue. yeah, there will be a bill in the senate. i think -- >> wi
it involved minimal engagement from president obama. it was congress actually taking legislation into their own hands, as they well should, and i hope they continue to do that in 2014. i am optimistic. i do think we're going to see the house move something on immigration reform. if we haven't seen it by early summer, i will then be pessimistic and drinking heavily, but until then, i'm remaining optimistic. >> look, 23 initiatives on guns, okay? the president has tried to lead on that...
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. >> when we return, did the obama administration exaggerate the impact of forced spending cuts? plus -- >> it makes me very uncomfortable to have the white house telling reporters you're going to regret doing something that you believe in. >> the war of words between the president's man and the veteran journalist. gene sperling tells us his side of the story next. n be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®. there's no subtext... just tacos. yeah, it's our job to make you want it. but honestly... it's not that hard. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease my sex drive... but when i started losing energy and became moody... that's when i had an honest conversation with my doctor. we discussed all the symptoms... then he gave me some blood tests. showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number -- not just me. [ male
. >> when we return, did the obama administration exaggerate the impact of forced spending cuts? plus -- >> it makes me very uncomfortable to have the white house telling reporters you're going to regret doing something that you believe in. >> the war of words between the president's man and the veteran journalist. gene sperling tells us his side of the story next. n be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective...
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>> look at the year ahead for president obama. he said had to be a good year. had to get things done. is that going to happen? can he climb out of this hole? >> it's going to be difficult. he has perhaps one thing going for him which is that the economy is getting better. and if people feel better about the economy, they may feel better about the president. but he's still got to solve the health care problem. he's still got to find a way to get more things done in congress. and we don't know whether he's got a strategy to do that. >> here are the poll numbers. for right now in december, how is the president handling his job? 41% approve. 56% disapprove. i want to show you the trajectory over the course of the year. that's something that started out at 55% in january. now 41%. what happened? >> mostly health care. but also washington hasn't been working well. also this year we had a lot of dysfunction. the president is in charge of washington. right then, you know, i write about the election, the last election. 2011 was a pretty bad year for the president, too.
>> look at the year ahead for president obama. he said had to be a good year. had to get things done. is that going to happen? can he climb out of this hole? >> it's going to be difficult. he has perhaps one thing going for him which is that the economy is getting better. and if people feel better about the economy, they may feel better about the president. but he's still got to solve the health care problem. he's still got to find a way to get more things done in congress. and we...
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convinced the assad government has used chemical weapons, a reluctant president obama changes course and agrees to send military aid to besieged rebels. >> every bone in my body knows that simply providing weapons will not change the battlefield equation. >> the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, democrat robert menendez, on whether the president has come to the table too late with too little. >>> plus all world's a stage. christie, clinton, rubio, paul, and bush -- the 2016ers in the spotlight. our free wheeling panel offers an early review. >>> and then a father's day special. >> i was definitely going to be my father's all-american linebacker. >> a bipartisan salute to dad. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> under fire for two weeks now. the nsa is defending their data collection programs. in a three-page document sent to congress and obtained by cnn, the spy agency argues that in recent years the programs have disrupted dozens of terror plots in more than 20 countries, and despite having collected billions of phone records, so-called metadat
convinced the assad government has used chemical weapons, a reluctant president obama changes course and agrees to send military aid to besieged rebels. >> every bone in my body knows that simply providing weapons will not change the battlefield equation. >> the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, democrat robert menendez, on whether the president has come to the table too late with too little. >>> plus all world's a stage. christie, clinton, rubio, paul,...
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. >>> with just five days to go until automatic spending cuts kick in, the obama administration is ratcheting up spending about aircraft carriers that can't make it to the persian gulf. if you're flying anywhere in the next month or so, the transportation secretary warns you should brace for more flight delays and longer wait lines at security checkpoints. secretary lahood joins me now. thank you for being here to talk about this. >> good morning. >> as far as we can figure out, the faa budget, we're not even talking about the transportation, is about $15 billion, give or take. they'll have to cut $16 million, about 4%. why is that enough to cause planes to be delayed for an hour and a half? there should be must be things inside the faa budget where can you get rid of 4%. >> wire going to do that. we have been spending the last several months looking at and we will really focus on this now, every contract to see what penalties we might have to cut. we'll look at everything we possibly can to get to where we need to be, which is about $600 million in cuts. we can't do it without furloughing pe
. >>> with just five days to go until automatic spending cuts kick in, the obama administration is ratcheting up spending about aircraft carriers that can't make it to the persian gulf. if you're flying anywhere in the next month or so, the transportation secretary warns you should brace for more flight delays and longer wait lines at security checkpoints. secretary lahood joins me now. thank you for being here to talk about this. >> good morning. >> as far as we can figure...
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i think this administration, the obama administration, has spent more money on border security than any administration in history. there is still going to be some people getting through. i don't want it to be a case where you say, until not one person can get through immigration reform. that's never going to happen. we're content -- improve border security, of course. but at the same time, find some way to have immigration reform. the time is now. it's unrealistic to expect that some day you're going to have 11 million people but we'll just throw you out of the country, you couldn't do it. they're not going to do it. let's see if they come in the same way my maternal grandparents came in or my wife's grandparents came in. let's make sure we have a way they become citizens. >> i want to ask you about your recent trip to cuba but a wrap-up question on guns and immigration. at the end of the year will you be able to say the first year of this congress passed both immigration reform and gun control reform in some manner? >> i think we will. if people want to come together. i'm working with
i think this administration, the obama administration, has spent more money on border security than any administration in history. there is still going to be some people getting through. i don't want it to be a case where you say, until not one person can get through immigration reform. that's never going to happen. we're content -- improve border security, of course. but at the same time, find some way to have immigration reform. the time is now. it's unrealistic to expect that some day you're...
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senator obama -- president obama, obviously senator obama from illinois, going over and giving him a hug. >> i was going to say in 2011 after he -- after the republicans won in the mid term and took over the house, he made a great case that we had to move forward together or not at all and even in 2012 at the start of the presidential campaign he said we need to lower the temperature and he talked about sitting next to his friend bob gates, george bush's defense secretary during the capture of usama bin laden. whether he does any of that now will be interesting to watch. . >> bret: charles, you may be happy or not to know that dan pfeiffer, communication director in terms of word cap, this is the president's second shortest state of the union address. the shortest in 2009. i don't know how you feel about that. >> in gratitude. (laughter) . >> bret: final word before we hear from the president. >> one thing, it's a grand owe hecation, all the branches are together. the congress, judges, military and a reason that jefferson stopped giving them in the house, gave a written stateme state
senator obama -- president obama, obviously senator obama from illinois, going over and giving him a hug. >> i was going to say in 2011 after he -- after the republicans won in the mid term and took over the house, he made a great case that we had to move forward together or not at all and even in 2012 at the start of the presidential campaign he said we need to lower the temperature and he talked about sitting next to his friend bob gates, george bush's defense secretary during the...
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you don't qualify for any federal benefits including obama care and you're going to have to prove you can sustain and support yourself. you can't be a public charge. you're going to have to be in the system at least ten years plus all these enforcement things happen before we give you access to apply for the legal immigration system. in essence we're not awarding anybody anything. all we're doing is giving people the opportunity to eventually earn access to our new, improved and modernized legal immigration system. >> so what you're talking about is a ten to 13-year minimum before you can even get a green card. so my question is let me take it from the other side, why bother? if you are in the united states undocumented but you have been able to somehow secure a social security number, you're somehow working, why would you step forward knowing that the next step is unknown when you can take it, when life is okay right now? >> well, life is not okay right now for them because they're living in the shadows. they have to hide. they have to lie. they're worried about getting pulled over a
you don't qualify for any federal benefits including obama care and you're going to have to prove you can sustain and support yourself. you can't be a public charge. you're going to have to be in the system at least ten years plus all these enforcement things happen before we give you access to apply for the legal immigration system. in essence we're not awarding anybody anything. all we're doing is giving people the opportunity to eventually earn access to our new, improved and modernized...
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obama is doing a great job as well. he is making a narrative. host: the senators have made their way across statuary hall. they are coming into the house chamber right now. there is a dick durbin on the screen. you get a chance of the bicameral, but partisan nature of the night in the state of the union. let me pick up on another issue, which we hear the president will be talking about tonight. that is immigration reform. a. well-how noted speech, just recently was eric cantor, in a speech that laid out his vision for the future of his party. pick up on the issue of immigration reform? >> there is no secret there are more than 11 million people here illegally, many of whom have become part of the third of our country. they, like us, our families and dreams. while we are a nation that allows anyone to start anew, he are also a nation of laws. that is what makes cackling immigration reform so difficult here. in looking to solve this problem soon, we have to balance respect for the rule of law and respect for those waiting to enter this country leg
obama is doing a great job as well. he is making a narrative. host: the senators have made their way across statuary hall. they are coming into the house chamber right now. there is a dick durbin on the screen. you get a chance of the bicameral, but partisan nature of the night in the state of the union. let me pick up on another issue, which we hear the president will be talking about tonight. that is immigration reform. a. well-how noted speech, just recently was eric cantor, in a speech that...